Calm, handy and reasonably entertaining. I speak English, Dutch, French and German and I like giving back to people. I have a broad variety of skills and would love to put them at your disposal. I'm all about positivity and good vibes.

PHILOSOPHY

- I don't sleep, I dream awake.
- Do we avoid risks in life to make it safely to death?
- You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.
- There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors.
- Don't let the time that something will take dissuade you from doing it. The time will pass anyways.
- Fortis fortuna adiuvat.
- U aware?
- Buy the ticket, take the ride.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I've finished my studies, so it's time to travel the world. I don't have the money nor desire to stay in hotels each day, and why would I? It's much more fun this way, meeting new people!

Interests

Watches, traveling, movies, music....
- Despite coming from a modest background, I started collecting and fixing vintage watches about 4 years ago. In the spirit of incrementalism, I managed to build a pretty nice collection, mainly consisting of vintage Omega and Jaeger-LeCoultre.
- I've seen most of Europe, but not too much outside of it - although I've been to the US before.
- I love learning new things and meeting new people.
- I have a musical background, played trumpet most of my life, and when traveling I sometimes pretend I can play harmonica as well.
- I love being outside, immersed in the beauty of nature

• architecture
• beauty
• festivals
• education
• news
• movies
• traveling
• music
• trumpet
• teaching
• engineering
• languages
• law
• beaches
• parks
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Mainly old-school stuff, not limited to a certain genre, although I love Hip-Hop, Rock, Blues, Jazz, Reggae...

Some of my favorite artists include: The Doors, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrickx, Iron Maiden, The Beatles, Wu Tang Clan, NWA, Ice Cube, Biggie, Pac, Childish Gambino, Edith Piaf, Ray Charles, Miles Davis, Muddy Waters, Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Eek-A-Mouse, Crazy Astronaut, Kindzadza, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Neil Young,...

Movies: Clockwork Orange, The Wall, The Doors, Hot Rod, Grandma's Boy, Napoleon Dynamite, Dazed and Confused, American Psycho, Fight Club, Scarface, Battle Royale, Natural Born Killers, Full Metal Jacket, The Big Lebowski, Austin Powers Trilogy, Godfather, 28 days/weeks later, Taken, A Bronx Tale, God Bless America, Machete, all Tarantino, all Clint Eastwood, all Kubrick, Zombie/gore movies...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Piloted a fighter jet, visited the WTC towers, sold something to a museum, played cards on the summits of mountains I conquered, made the news in three different continents, saved someone's life, performed on a music festival, midnight castle runs, beach bonfires...

Most beautiful things seen/visited: Prague, USA national parks, Big Sur, the Alps, Ljubljana, MAS Antwerp, Algarve, CA PCH Highway 1...

What I Can Share with Hosts

- silly anecdotes: Male puppies will intentionally let female puppies win when they play-fight, so they can get to know them better.

- help around in the house: my mother is quite cunning , so as a young boy, she taught me to do all household chores so she could lay back and relax.

- build and destroy: my father was quite the handyman and did everything in and around our house and that of friends and family. Ever since I was little he took me with him to assist and learn, to eventually turn the roles around. I got power tools as birthday gifts... nuff said.

- authenticate and valuate your vintage watches (and buy them)

- teach you (a bit of) some of my languages

- my life experiences: despite my young age and forgetting 99% of what I do, I still have quite a lot to tell

- my academic and (limited) professional experience and knowledge: I've done four programmes of higher education in all kinds of different fields (engineering, architecture, law, communication) after studying Latin and Greek in high school. I like new challenges, so I've worked as a gardener, handyman, store cleric, in a bank, for the government, a PR-agency,... I've even worked in a graveyard.

- I'm tempted to continue, but if there's one thing people love, it's mystery, so consider that my closing offer here

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Belgium, United States